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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Note the "phase out middle grade programming" in those recommendations. That is closing ECs. [/quote]
Why the hatred for ECs?  No one has explained that.[/quote]

One previous PP did. Middle schoolers get shafted in ECs. The elementary kids suck up the resources. Middle schoolers don't get the things they should (electives, clubs, sports, multiple sections of classes). [/quote]

Why not?  Because the people running the schools just don't care about middle schoolers?  It seems like that would not be a problem if the middle schoolers are all from the nearby neighborhood of Shepherd Park, because the community has such strong connections to the school [see the SP Gala thread] and will make sure it is accountable.

I guess I can see how having a large middle school might give more options, such as different levels of classes or multiple sports teams.  But as some other poster pointed out, there are also benefits to a small neighborhood middle school.

I don't know much about DC's ECs, other than the fact that many are in difficult neighborhoods and have low enrollment.  Seems like lots of strong reaction against them, so I'm just trying to understand why.  It's especially odd because I've read that lots of people really like the K-8 model in private schools, so not sure why people dislike it in public schools.[/quote]

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